Alabama Cotton Field Day set Aug.4

The Alabama Cotton Field Day is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 4, 2005, at the Tennessee Valley Research and Extension Center (TVREC) in Belle Mina, Ala.

Southeast Farm Press is a sponsor of the field day, along with the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, and the John Deere Company.

The program begins on Thursday, Aug. 4, with registration at 7:30 a.m. A welcome will follow from Chet Norris, superintendent of the TVREC. Tours will depart at 8:15, 9:30 and 10:45, under the direction of David Harkins, agricultural program associate at the TVREC, and Brad Durham, agricultural program assistant at the TVREC.

A sponsored lunch prepared by John Curtis and the Limestone Farmer's Cooperative will be served at 11:30. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station Director Jim Bannon will speak at 1:15 p.m. followed by John Deere demonstrations at 1:30 p.m. The demonstrations will include Autotrack tractors, variable rate spraying, and a narrow-row cotton harvester.